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The Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on January 22, 1985Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 22 January 1985393,030 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 22, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
393,030 km244,217 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1985 is on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at 15:19 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 21, 1985 at 02:28 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 21, 198502:28
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 29, 198503:29

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Tuesday, January 22, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 1985 to the new moon of February 19, 1985, a cycle of 29.68 days.